Dandelion
by GregoryB

Comment:
Terrific detail, not keen on the square crop, the individual heads form an excellent pattern

Slatey-Creek
by jomari

Comment:
I like this one a lot - I think the shapes and lines are strong enough that you ould keep on processing it til it was just an abstract and it would look good.

evening
by Lelez

Comment:
This certainly looks like the makings of a storm - the boat looks worried

a curious paradox
by Jutilda

Comment:
Flower macros usually seem to stand or fall by the size or position of their sharp area - this one seems to just ignore that rule - the position of the white area helps as does the curious uneven balance of the petals - very nice indeed

2-jan 2011 each to his/her own. tasty
by roz

Comment:
i like the distressed textures on this - like oldpostcards. And thanks for the heads up about my location - I'm not sure how that happened.

Between Storms
by Germaine

Comment:
That is one frobidding sky - I hope things brighten up for you.

Crik
by aliqui

Comment:
Very nice - the faded colours and the patch of mist or smoe give it a really mysterious feeling

The First Photo
by dahlin

Comment:
Very cute - I like the vignette and the overall contrastiness and the gloved hand adds a scale but also some tension - when they're that small they look very tiny.

Foxy After
by WriteHeart

Comment:
That's a nice looking dog.

My suggestion for starting cs5 (and i have only cs3 but i would imagaine it's pretty much the same in this respect) would be to use a levels layer. I think this picture looks a little too bright - playing with the levels sliders would help it maybe - and then you can also get used toi the idea of painting effects in and out on the layer mask - which is the biggest thing of all. Remember to use the icon at the bottom of the layers palette to start your levels command - if you use the commands in the menu bar at the top of the screen the change will be applied to the whole image with no layer mask to work with.

glitter
by Jutilda

Comment:
There's a really good shape in here - especially with the subdued colours - and a mirror of the wave in the background